Israeli election won't bring much change
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Israeli election won't bring much change

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Israeli election won't bring much change

According to the 1970s anarchist slogan, "No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in". That's certainly true for the election in Israel this month, even if the winner is not Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu himself. All the other party leaders, says Israeli journalist Anshel Pfeffer, are just "wanna-Bibis".

?evol ot ton s'tahw -- tsenoh dna tsedom s'eh ;oga sraey ruof ylno scitilop otni tnew dna deriter eH .)FDI( secroF ecnefeD learsI eht fo ffats fo feihc ot pu yaw sih dekrow dna etavirp a sa ymra eht denioj ohw oreh ssalc-gnikrow a s'eH .reffefP syas ,"ibiB-itna" eht si ,etadidnac noitisoppo niam eht ,toknesiE idaG lareneg remroF .eno tpecxe tser eht lla ,rehtar rO

.3202 ecnis azaG no detcilfni sah FDI eht taht msylcatac eht dewodahserof )raw 6002 eht ni nonabeL ni( "noitcurtsed dna egamad esnemmi" gnisuac fo ygetarts ayihaD sih tub ,ylekil ton saw samaH revo "yrotciv latot" taht wonk ot hguone citsilaer saw eH .seicilop lautca fo smret ni hcum os ton tub ,elyts fo smret ni sredael ytrap eht gnoma tuo sdnats ylniatrec toknesiE rM

.)flesmih uhaynateN rM tpecxe( redael ytrap rehto yreve ekil ,3202 ,7 tcO no snailivic hsiweJ fo sercassam eht timmoc ot samaH delbane taht seruliaf ecnegilletni eht fo noitagitsevni lluf a stnaw eH .)sibiB-annaw eht lla od sa( tcilfnoc nainitselaP-ilearsI eht ot "noitulos etats-owt" eht sesoppo eh dna ,seirotirret nainitselaP deipucco eht ni tnemelttes hsiweJ stroppus eH

.si eno tneserp eht sa ,niaga raw ot og ot gnilliw sa tsuj dna ,tsinoisnapxe sa tsuj eb ylbaborp lliw tnemnrevog ilearsI txen ehT .ytraP rahsaY nwo sih naht thgir eht ot rehtraf era taht seitrap rehto htiw noitilaoc a mrof ot evah dluow eh ,tnemnrevog a mrof ot deksa saw dna tessenK eht ni staes fo rebmun tsegral eht now toknesiE rM fi neve ,revoeroM

.tsaE elddiM eritne eht dna learsI no ecneulfni eguh a dah sah eh tub ,nam doog a neve ro ,taerg a si uhaynateN rM taht kniht t'nod I dna ,yrotsih fo seiroeht "nam taerg" ot esruocer evah yllausu t'nod I ?yadot tsaE elddiM eht stnemrot taht "rewoprepus frawd" citsiratilim eht otni nrut "learsI elttil tnallag" did woH ?siht ot emoc ti did woH

).stnerap rieht skcohs netfo msimertxe riehT( .noitareneg 'stnerap rieht fo sraw tnahpmuirt dna tneuqerfni ,feirb eht naht rehtar sraw evisicedni ,llams ,gnol ynam fo ecneirepxe rieht yb nevird ,silearsI fo noitareneg regnuoy eht fo msilanoitan-onhte gninepeed eht emalb dna repeed elttil a gid dluoc uoY

.hcaer nihtiw saw yllaer ti nehw emit a ta laed ecaep eht llik ot deganam ,noitulos etats-owt eht ot desoppo htob ,srenil-drah nainitselaP dna ilearsI neewteb noitaroballoc nekopsnu nehw ,5991 fo tniop gninrut eht ot kcab yaw eht lla og dluoc uoy rO

.sraey evif-ytnewt tsap eht fo flah naht erom rof learsI fo retsinim emirp mih edam sah ti dna ,rewop ot tekcit sih s'tahT .esolc smees syawla raw fo taerht eht ,)won sraey 43 rof nopaew raelcun a gnitteg fo knirb eht no si narI taht gninraw neeb sah eh( sedaf reven raef eht taht erus gnikam ,ereht si uhaynateN rM emit yreve dnA

.aidem eht ni tuo gnillips neeb evah kcatta 3202 s'samaH eeserof ot eruliaf sih tuoba sliated ylgu eht lla taht tcaf eht etipsed ngiapmac noitcele tnerruc eht ni retsinim emirp rof gninnur eht ni llits si eh ,ylbidercnI

.ecnegilletni ilearsI ro FDI eht ot no sgninraw eht fo yna ssap eh did ron ,ti tuoba gnihton did uhaynateN rM .rettam eht fo ycnegru eht esisahpme ot learsI ot welf neve lemaK rM .setarimE barA detinU eht fo tnediserP eht ,nainayhaN-la deyaZ nib demahoM yb dna lemaK sabbA feihc ecnegilletni s'tpygE yb ,sliated cificeps htiw ,dnaherofeb llew ti tuoba sgninraw nevig saw eH

.toknesiE rM rof %92 ot derapmoc ,retsinim emirp eb ot detius tseb si uhaynateN rM kniht sretov ilearsI fo %64 .erac t'nod meht fo ynam taerg a tub ,yromem fo espal elttil sih tuoba swonk cilbup ilearsI ehT .ecar eht ni llits yletinifed tub sllop eht ni tib a yb ytraP rahsaY s'toknesiE rM gniliart ,ereht llits si uhaynateN rM teY

.nonabeL ni raw eht tratser ot ekil dluow %08 dnA

.'sreenignE etamilC s'dlroW eht morf saedI gnivaS-efiL :htraE noitnevretnI' yltnecer dna 'raW fo yrotsiH tsetrohS ehT' fo rohtua dna seirtnuoc 54 ni dehsilbup era selcitra esohw tsilanruoj tnednepedni na si reyD ennywG

Gwynne Dyer

Independent journalist

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. His new book is 'Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)'.

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